I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.
Meister EckhartThe human spirit must transcend number and break through multiplicity, and God will break through him; and just as He
Meister EckhartThere is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created.
Meister EckhartA human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
Meister Eckhart